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Khalid Mohammed was the guy "memo's" say had water poured on him 183 times, sometimes reported as 183 water board sessions.

Report's for Abu Zubaydah vary significantly. Some say he was water boarded 83 times (not a typo), others that he broke in 35 seconds and was not water boarded. Red Cross has their own estimate.

The larger concern in my opinion is not how many times per detainee. The question is the legality of the formal guidelines that were used to accomplish it. Where those orders, if deemed illegal, originated. How wide spread was the use of "harsh interogation" tecniques.

The treatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq was likely a direct result of the authorization by the USA to use "harsh techniques" across the board. Not just Cuba. Checks and balances against going to far in the use of the techniques was lost some where along the way. Who dropped the ball and why?